European Rubber Journal articles from September 2001

European Rubber Journal archives from September 2001

ZF Friedrichshafen buys Mannesmann units.(from Siemens AG)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... Transmission and chassis systems supplier ZF Friedrichshafen AG has agreed to buy powertrain and chassis components maker Mannesmann Sachs AG, including the rubber-metal bonding specialist Mannesmann Boge GmbH, from Siemens AG. The parties did...

Dayco's industrial belt business sold to Carlisle.(Dayco Industrial Power Transmission)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... Carlisle Cos. Inc. is to acquire the Dayco Industrial Power Transmission business of Mark IV Industries Inc. for about $150 million in cash and debt assumption. The deal was announced 13 Aug and was due to close by the end of the month,...

ContiTech sale decision soon.(US private equity firm Carlyle)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... [] Hannover, Germany--Continental AG expects to conclude negotiations over the sale of its ContiTech rubber components unit to US private equity firm Carlyle in September, a spokesman for Continental said, 21 Aug. Under the proposed deal,...

Shin-Etsu to build US, Thai plants.(silicone products)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... [] Tokyo--Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., the world's no. 3 producer of silicone products, is to invest [yen] 13 000-million ($107 million) to establish new plants in the US and in Thailand. In the US, the company will invest [yen] 6000 million to...

Pirelli to sell truck tyre, energy cable units.(restructuring)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... Pirelli SpA plans to sell its truck tyre and energy cable units within 18 months as part of a restructuring following its bid for control of Italian telecommunications concern Telecom Italia. Pirelli teamed up with an investment firm...

ContiTech jettisons boat unit.(Deutsche Schlauchbootfabrik)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... [] Hanover, Germany--Deutsche Schlauchbootfabrik, a ContiTech unit which makes inflatable boats and marine escape chutes, has become part of the Survitec group of Belfast, Northern Ireland. ContiTech Holding divested the 15-million...

Linatex expands and sells.(focusing on rubber technology facilities)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... [] Gallatin, Tennessee--Linatex Corp. of America, a producer of natural rubber sheet and fabricated goods, is selling one operation and beefing up another. The Gallatin-based company has announced a $9 million investment at its NR...

Wellington expands CDI Seals plant.($1-million investment to increase production )(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... [] London--Wellington Holdings plc has completed a $1-million investment to increase production at its CDI Seals plant in Texas. The expansion is to meet rising demand from oil, gas and chemical industries in the US, said the Hampton, UK-based...

Caco Pacific to consolidate.(European operations)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... [] Lyon, France--Precision moulder Caco Pacific Corp. will close its Lyon moulding plant and consolidate its European operations, the company announced. The move, which will affect about 45 workers at the Lyon site, is part of a plan to...

Rubber firms involved in Serb privatisation plan.(Rumaguma and Vulkan DD Industrija Gume)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Serbian tyre maker Rumaguma and a rubber processor, Vulkan DD Industrija Gume, are among a group of 16 state-owned companies to be privatised by the Republic of Serbia. Investors will be offered 70 percent of shares in the rubber firms, which...

Metflex invests in plant, targets new markets.(Great Harwood, UK, plant)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... Precision rubber component firm Metflex, a division of Schlumberger Industries Ltd, has invested 40 000 [pounds sterling] ($57 000) to make its Great Harwood, UK, plant a cleaner, safer and quieter place to work. The investment is on top of...

Ansell to close US glove plant.(Massillon Perry plant)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... [] Massillon, Ohio--Ansell Healthcare Inc. will close and possibly sell its Massillon Perry plant by October or September. Officials at Ansell's headquarters in Red Banks, New Jersey, confirmed the shutdown will occur in the next few months but...

Surfacing firm in Polish deal.(Charles Lawrence Surfaces PLC and Polish company Architector)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... [] Newark, UK--Charles Lawrence Surfaces plc has signed an agreement to allow Polish company Architector, based in Warsaw, to sell and install the UK firm's Playtop surfacing throughout Poland and Eastern Europe. Architector is already a...

Toyo to build AV plant in US.(Toyoy Tire and Rubber Company Ltd. to build plant in the U.S.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd is about to begin construction of its first wholly owned plant in the US for automotive antivibration components. The factory will help Toyo to meet the global supply requirements of its Japanese-based AVS parts...

Tomkins bonus awards OK'd.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... [] London--The UK's National Association of Pension Funds has okayed a decision by five executive directors of Tomkins plc--owner of Gates Rubber--to award themselves bonuses totalling 244 000 [pounds sterling] ($347 000). NAPF queried the...

Bayer to close 15 polymer plants.(Bayer AG)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... [] Leverkusen, Germany --Bayer AG's polymer division is reducing its workforce of 36 200 by 1800 and closing 15 plants as part of measures to save the group 1500 million [European Dollar] ($1320 million) in four years, Bayer expects 700 million...

E-commerce for AV mounts.(ContiTech Group AG online service)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... [] Hannover, Germany--ContiTech Vibration Control has put its product catalogue on-line at www.schwingmetall.de, so that designers can calculate the right size of rubber-metal bonded part needed and order electronically. The site is...

Concorde set to take off again in September.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... The Anglo-French Concorde Working Group approved various safety modifications to Concorde at a 20 Aug meeting in Paris, clearing the way for the supersonic passenger jet to restart commercial flights. In a statement after its ninth meeting...

Nippon Valqua seals Swiss deal.(Nippon Valqua Industries Ltd. supplying seals to VAT)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... [] Tokyo--Nippon Valqua Industries Ltd is to supply seals to Swiss semiconductor equipment firm VAT, under a cross-licensing deal between the firms. By 2004, the Japanese seal maker expects to achieve annual turnover of [yen] 1000 million ($8...

Concerns over bid for Gates unit.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... [] London--The UK's Competition Commission has launched an investigation into a bid by Duralay International Holdings Ltd to acquire Gates Consumer and Industrial, a division of Gates UK Ltd. A decision is to be made by 18 Oct 2001. The...

Additives escape ban.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... [] Brussels--The European Council of Ministers has thrown out a European Parliament bid to ban short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) in rubber and other polymer systems. SCCPs are to be banned in metalworking and leather finishing, but not...

Asahi in TPE expansion.(Asahi Kasei Corp.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... [] Tokyo--Asahi Kasei Corp. is investing [yen] 2000 million ($16 million) to increase its styrene-butadiene-based thermoplastic elastomer capacity to 100 kilotonnes per annum (ktpa) from 60 kpta. The expansion covers the firm's Tuftec and...

Parker Seal Group restructures.(after acquisition of Wynn's International Inc.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... Parker Hannifin Corp's Seal Group has expanded, restructured and refocused itself in the wake of its acquisition of Wynn's International Inc. last year. Cleveland-based Parker Hannifin nearly doubled the size of its Seal Group when it...

Pronal to equip Embraer jet.(contract to supply elastomer fuel tanks)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... [] Lille, France--Inflatable products firm Pronal has won a contract to supply elastomer fuel tanks to Embraer of Brazil, the world's fourth largest aircraft manufacturer. The vulcanised shaped fuel cells are being installed to increase the...

Integrations scramble non-tyre rankings.
September 1, 2001... Mergers and acquisitions undertaken in the rubber sector in the past few years have now become fully consolidated, scrambling the rankings of the world's largest producers of non-tyre rubber products. While the four biggest...

Cooper-Kenda deal expands.(Cooper Tire and Rubber Co., Kenda Rubber Industries Company Ltd.)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has extended an off-take production agreement with Kenda Rubber to include radial passenger car tyres. Taiwan-based Kenda already makes crossply light truck tyres for Cooper. Under the deal, car tyres from a new...

Trelleborg/buys out tyre JV.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... Trelleborg AB has exercised its option to acquire 100-percent control of Trelleborg Wheel Systems SpA, the 60-40 agricultural tyre joint venture it set up nearly three years ago with Pirelli SpA. Terms of the deal were not released. ...

DuPont changing mould release name.(E.I. du Pont de Memours and Co. changing Permacote product line name)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... [] Wilmington, Delaware--DuPont's coatings and release business is to change the name of its Permacote product line to TraSys (The Release Answer System). The object of the name change is to better project the firm's offering of a full package...

Sumitomo joins Michelin run-flat tyre project.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd is to adopt Groupe Michelin's PAX system under a licensing agreement signed 2 July. Michelin is already working with Goodyear Tyre & Rubber Co. and Pirelli SpA to develop the technology to enable deflated tyres to...

Tyre pyrolysis plant uses BMH Chronos equipment.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Coalite Smokeless Fuels is setting up a tyre recycling operation at its plant in Bolsover, Derbyshire, and will use materials-handling equipment supplied by by Nottingham-based BMH Chronos Richardson Ltd. The 250 000 [pounds sterling] ($360...

Green light for Sapphire.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... [] Brussels--The European Commission on 6 July cleared Sapphire Energy Recovery Ltd, the scrap tyre disposal joint venture between Blue Circle Industries plc and Michelin Tyre plc. Based at the cement firm's Cauldon, Staffordshire, works,...

UK seeks views on ELV route.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... [] The UK Government wants input by 2 Nov from the vehicle sector and other concerned parties on its draft proposals for implementing the European Union's End of Life Vehicles (ELV) Directive. This directive tightens environmental standards...

Strong fibre aimed at tyres.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... [] Tokyo--Asahi Kasei Corp. is developing a high-strength fibre, based on an ethylene-carbon monoxide polymer, which it claims will offer superior performance to aramid tyre cord, but at significantly lower cost. As well as the relatively...

Incineration discouraged.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... [] London--In its latest proposals on use of renewable energy sources, the UK government is discounting waste incineration and encouraging technologies such as pyrolysis. But it will not count tyre pyrolysis as a renewable energy resource: only...

Conti raising car tyre prices.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... [] Hannover--Continental AG is raising prices for summer car tyres, transporter and van tyres by four percent from 1 Aug. The German tyre firm blamed dramatic increases in raw materials costs over the previous 18 months, especially in synthetic...

AirBoss secures $20 million in new financing.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... AirBoss of America Corp. will bolster its working capital base, pay off some long-term debt and improve its inventory and capacity with $20 million in new financing it will receive from First Treasury Inc. within the next month. The loan...

Tyre-tagging develops.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... [] Southfield, Michigan--The US Automotive industry Action Group (AIAG) has developed a standard for a tyre label and a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag, which is to be released later this year. "We've received a lot of support in...

Dunlop workers settle dispute.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... [] Birmingham, UK--Industrial action at Fort Dunlop's motorsport tyres division has ended after workers agreed an annual pay deal linked to an 8-percent improvement in productivity. The deal was signed 13 July by management and officials of the...

Pakistan to lower tyre duty.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... [] Karachi--In Pakistan's federal budget for 2001-2002, finance and economic affairs minister Shaukat Aziz proposed a reduction of the import duty on tyres and tube. The local tyre industry has been facing stiff and unfair competition...

Elemica buys rubber business.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... [] Wayne, Pennsylvania--E-commerce materials supplier Elemica has bought the ElastomerSolutions web-based rubber and filler sourcing business. Most of ElastomerSolutions' members have now joined Elemica's 22 chemical companies. Bayer Corp....

Web-based tyre ordering.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... [] Paris--French tyre maker Michelin has installed a new web-based ordering system in Europe that allows its 50 000 distributors to order tyres at any time--day or night. Previously the process took a lot of time, and orders had to be...

NGF gets Queen's export award.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... [] St Helens, UK--NGF Europe Ltd, which makes glassfibre reinforcement for the rubber sector, gained a UK export award, the Queen's Award for Enterprise: International Trade 2001, for its substantial growth in exports over the last six years.

Skoda tyres are safe, says Conti.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... [] Hannover, Germany--Continental AG is offering to replace CT22 tyres fitted on Skoda Felicias after UK owners reported cracking around the tread rubber splice joint. The problem is "purely cosmetic" and is due to over-loading or...

Goodyear cancels Brazilian plant.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... [] Sao Paulo, Brazil--Goodyear's Brazilian subsidiary has notified authorities in Rio Grande do Sul that it has cancelled plans to build a tyre plant there. Goodyear announced plans in 1998 for a $180 million facility in Glorinha--near a...

Goodyear named in Concorde suit.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... [] Houston, Texas--Aviation plaintiff law firm O'Reilly, Collins & Danko of San Mateo, California, has filed a lawsuit against Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and Continental Airlines, seeking unspecified damages on behalf of the families of five...

Nokian back in profit.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... [] Nokia, Finland--Nokian Tyres plc reported operating earnings of $6.3 million for the January-June period, with both manufacturing and retailing units in the black. Sales grew 13 percent to $154.6 million as demand from the US, Eastern Europe...

Pirelli earnings, sales rise.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... [] Milan, Italy -- Consolidation of cable business acquisitions enabled Pirelli SpA to advance its first-half sales and earnings. Pirelli's tyre business, meanwhile, stayed about level with the same period last year, the Italian group...

Michelin: sales up, profits dip.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... [] Paris--Groupe Michelin has cut its operating earnings forecast for 2001 by about 15 percent, to between 6.2 and 6.8 percent of sales. The revision is based on the continued weakness of the North American market and signs of weakness in other...

Tokai reports record sales.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... [] Nagoya, Japan--Tokai Rubber Industries Ltd, parent of DTR industries Inc. in the US, reported record sales and operating earnings for the fiscal year ended 31 March 2001. But net income fell 19 percent from a year earlier because of one-time...

Conti suffers US losses.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... [] Hannover, Germany-- Continental AG's first-half operating profit fell 19.1 percent to $194.5 million from sales of $4950 million, up 12 percent on the first six months of last year. The company was affected by an operating loss of $47.7...

Recall hurts Bridgestone.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... [] Tokyo--Costs totalling $573 million to cover the recall of Bridgestone/Firestone Inc. tyres in North America and the scheduled closure of the US subsidiary's Decatur, Illinois, plant left Bridgestone Corp. with first half losses of $255...

SKF results drop.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... [] Gothenburg, Sweden--SKF Group's seals division suffered a 52.8-percent drop in operating profits for the six months ended 30 June, as North American sales volume was "considerably" lower in the second quarter. Overall, SKF's seals...

Goodyear keeps brakes on.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... [] Akron, Ohio--Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. said it will continue to reduce production and inventory levels in its tyre, engineered products and chemicals units. The announcement, by chairman and chief executive officer Samir Gibara, followed...

Cooper upbeat despite falls.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... [] Findlay, Ohio--Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.'s second-half earnings should be significantly stronger than in the first half, according to Thomas Dattilo, the company's chairman, president and chief executive officer. Despite reporting...

Marangoni earnings fall.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... [] Rovereto, Italy--Tyre, retread and retreading systems producer Marangoni SpA suffered a 76.1-percent drop in net earnings last year, to $1.5 million, while sales rose 9.7 percent to $221.6 million. The company blamed the profit erosion on...

Phoenix sales forecast drops.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... [] Hamburg. Germany--While sales at Phoenix AG reached a record 564.4 million [European Dollar] ($498 million) in the first half of 2001, up 21.3 percent on the first half of last year, earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) rose just 3.8...

Marubeni sets up NR trading firm in Singapore.(U Derivatives Pte Ltd.)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Marubeni Corp. has established a new operation in Singapore to focus on futures trading in natural rubber (NR). The firm, called U Derivatives Pte Ltd, is to be led by Michael Coleman, the former boss of Cargill Inc.'s rubber division. U...

EIU says prices will rise, cartel will flop.(Economist Intelligence Unit)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... [] London--Concern over shortages will have an impact on natural rubber prices, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit, which believes a rebound is only being delayed by threat of recession in the US and elsewhere. However, a cartel being...

Teijin initiates twin Twaron expansions.(Teijin Group of Japan to expand fiber productions)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Teijin Group of Japan plans to gain over 50 percent of the world market for para-aramid fibres by expanding annual production of the high-strength fibre in The Netherlands and Japan to 20 500 tonnes. Dutch subsidiary Teijin Twaron BV is to...

PolymerLatex expanding and upgrading in Europe.(PolymerLatex GmbH und Company)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... PolymerLatex GmbH & Co. has refurbished its plant in Marl, Germany, and expanded capacity at plants in Bromsgrove, England, and Filago, Italy. It has turned them into worldscale facilities and modernised technology at the same time. The...

IRSG expands.(International Rubber Study Group adds new members, London, England)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... [] London--The International Rubber Study Group has added two members--Sogescol SA and the Iran Petrochemical Commercial Co (IPPC)--to its Panel of Associates. Sogescol, a wholly owned subsidiary of Belgium's Socfinal Group, owns rubber...

Alliance aims to raise NR prices.(Tripartite Rubber Corporation formed to raise natural rubber prices)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... [] Bangkok--Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand are to form a joint buffer stocking agency for natural rubber and to cut production by 4 percent annually from 2002, under a package of measures aimed at improving NR prices. The three leading...

Kevlar expanding.(DuPont expanding its Kevlar fiber production facility, VA)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... [] Wilmington, Delaware--DuPont is investing $50 million to expand its Kevlar para-aramid fibre production facility in Richmond, Virginia, by the end of 2002. Demand for the fibre is outstripping supply, according to DuPont, which recently...

Apax buys Mannesmann machinery business.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... London-based Apax Partners & Co. Ventures Ltd now owns the world's largest manufacturer of plastics machinery, Mannesmann Plastics Machinery AG. The investment group could take MPM, which includes rubber extruder maker Berstorff and...

Chinese silicones plant open.(GE Toshiba Silicones Co. Ltd.)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... [] Shanghai, China--GE Toshiba Silicones Co. Ltd, a joint venture between General Electric Co. and Toshiba Corp., has started full-scale commercial production at its silicones plant in the Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone in Shanghai. The...

Thailand recovers.
September 1, 2001... Thailand is recovering from the harsh winds of economic recession. Although the currency has dramatically declined in value against the US dollar, the country is still politically stable, with a democratic. though weak government. Today,...

Tariff issue.(Thailand)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... As the only producer of synthetic elastomers in Thailand, BST (E) is a little concerned about the expected reduction of tariffs on SR in the Asian Free Trade Area (AFTA). Today, he said, the import tariff on SR coming into Thailand is 10 or 20...

Latex for sports shoes.(uses for natural rubber latex)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Rayong Bangkok Rubber Co. Ltd was quiet the day ERJ visited. It had been raining and the tappers had not been able to get any latex. Nevertheless, plant manager Prateep Lertutai was able to talk about the economics of the NR latex sector. He...

30 million gloves a month.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Of all the different rubber industries in Thailand, the rubber glove sector is the most international, and the most aware of international standards and practices. Take Shun Thai Rubber Gloves Industry Co. Ltd, based in Rayong. The company...

Molten builds from balls to AV components.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Molten Asia Polymer Products Co. Ltd (MAPPC) is an industrial rubber products subsidiary of the world-famous Japanese sports ball maker, currently seeking to develop its business in Europe. MAPPC makes antivibration components for supply to...

Seeking a European market.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... The parent company has recently set up a unit, Molten Europa, in Dusseldorf, Germany, to begin the process of serving its customers in the EU region, said Nakagawa. The unit is mainly concerned with sports balls, but Nakagawa added, "The...

Bridgestone-NCR goes for quality.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... Bridgestone's joint venture with NCR produces better quality parts than its sister sites in Japan. Bridgestone-NCR Co. Ltd is part of Bridgestone Corp.'s non-tyre manufacturing network. The company is an 80:20 joint venture between...

Paulstra-Bridgestone agreement.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Okada said he was one of the team which negotiated Bridgestone's joint development agreement with Hutchinson's Paulstra subsidiary. He emphasised that there is no equity sharing in the deal at present, but hinted that the cooperation has scope...

Toyota starts to change its buying policy.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Japanese companies are struggling to develop the best way to make good products. The old way, said Bridgestone-NCR's managing director, Yasuhiro Okado, was to make sure that every part of the process and every parameter was locked down, and to...

What Thailand needs ...(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Education is critical to the development of the Thai industrial economy, according to the managers at the rubber factories ERJ visited. All the expatriate Japanese who spoke to ERJ enjoyed living in Thailand. They said the climate is good,...

PI Industry serves Japanese customers.(PI Industry Ltd.)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... PI is a Thai-based custom compounder serving many of the local Japanese transplant companies. It is one of the few Thai-controlled companies which is also connected with the Japanese supply chain, and so is uniquely positioned to discuss the...

SK Polymers builds for the future.(SK Polymer Company Ltd.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... SK is a fairly typical Thai-owned rubber company, struggling to build export markets and trying to implement international standards. SK Polymer Co. Ltd started life as a retreading company, but started manufacturing rubber goods in 1991 in...

Exchange rates keep Bridgestone at top.(leads industry in fiscal year 2000 sales revenue)(Brief Article)(Industry Overview)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... You might have thought that the problems with Firestone tyres in the US would have affected Bridgestone's performance. On the contrary. Despite some widely publicised problems in North America last year, Bridgestone Corp. held on to the...

Top 75 global tyre producers 1999-2000.(ranked by percent)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... Top 75 global tyre producers 1999-2000 RANK Company 2000 Percent 2000 '99 Tyre sales of corp. ($...

European tyre plant 2001 capacity data.(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... European tyre plant 2001 capacity data Company/ Year Employees Plant location opened (Unionised(*)) Austria Semperit Reifen AG (Continental AG) Traiskirchen ...

Tyre market data.(includes tire industry sales and earnings for first-half of year 2001)(Brief Article)(Industry Overview)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... These tables show how the main tyre companies compare in their financial performance. The main table (below) shows a comparison of financial performance based on full-year results for fiscal 2000, while the smaller table (right) shows a reduced...

You can make high-quality rubber goods with recyclate.
September 1, 2001... It is both feasible and economically and environmentally desirable to use recycled rubber in technical rubber goods, according to US automotive recycling expert Bob Pett. According to Bob Pett, secretary of the US-based vehicle recycling...

BLIC publishes new European scrap tyre data.(used tires data for Europe, year 2000)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... BLIC, the European liaison office for the rubber manufacturers' associations, has released new data on the estimated quantities of used tyres generated in European countries. The data is not easy to collect. Because the legislative and...

ITEC, the international tyre event, goes to Korea.(South Korea to host International Tire Exhibition and Conference)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... The first ever ITEC the International lyre Exhibition and Conference--outside the US is scheduled for 18-20 Sept ill South Korea, and is set to become the most important tyre event in the region. ITEC, the premier event for the global tyre...